Since her first running against Republican state Sen. John Blust in Greensboro 1998, Kay Hagan has been a tough competitor for the Democratic party. Will this be the year she is unseated? There are nine polls that show it's a very close race at the moment. Six of the polls show Hagan ahead marginally by 4-5 points, and one shows Tillis ahead with a five point lead.

For the 2014 midterm elections, the GOP has some truly scary candidates with extreme views on women's rights, the climate, and how our government should function. Some of them proudly tout their extreme beliefs while others hide behind them, but all of them would take us a step backward should they be elected.

Edmond Gionet News & Opinion Articles

Sun Nov 02, 2014 | newyorker.comWhen does Ebola look like a gift? Apparently, when you are a Republican candidate for the Senate who sees it as a handy pretext for bringing up immigration politics while...

Thu Oct 30, 2014 | motherjones.comOver the past few weeks, a number of Republican candidates have run deceptive advertisements or used sneaky language to paper over their hardline views on reproductive...

Wed Oct 15, 2014 | huffingtonpost.comLess than three weeks until Election Day, Democrats are clinging to last-minute signs of hope in Iowa's competitive Senate race, which is just one of a handful that may...

Fri Oct 03, 2014 | talkingpointsmemo.comState Sen. Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, once said she would support legislation that would allow "local law enforcement to arrest federal...

Fri Sep 26, 2014 | washingtonpost.comOn Sunday, Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst square off for their first debate in the Iowa Senate race. Given that this tight contest is looking increasingly...

Wed Aug 13, 2014 | washingtonpost.comIndependent voter Christine Telfer doesn’t have much of an impression of Sen. Kay Hagan, the Democrat whose bid for reelection is dominating the airwaves in this state. But...

"They are worried that they are going to have to use these guns because of our own government. Now is there anything in Washington that says, any telltale signs that maybe we might be headed for an internal revolution given the fact that these kinds of things are going on? This is what’s said in the groups that I sit in." Ayotte was quick to respond to the idea of a pending revolution. "Obviously I hope not," she told Gionet. "I think one thing our country was founded on is we always have strong disagreements on the issues, but we settle it in the democratic process."